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Chapter 1048 The Battle of Addis ([-])

Dido didn't expect that the Dionian official proposed such an idea. For a moment, he was shy, irritable, worried, angry... countless emotions were mixed into a mess in his heart.

Carthage and Greece are somewhat similar in terms of marriage. Marriage matters are basically decided by the elders.But for Dido, the situation is special. Her mother died early and her father is now in a coma. Moreover, her father dotes on her and has long agreed to let her choose her own husband. Otherwise, she would not be married at the age of 24. , so now it is entirely up to her to decide whether to marry or not.It's just that she never imagined that her marriage would be linked with the life and death of her father, the rise and fall of her family, and the future of thousands of people in southern Iberia.

How could someone as smart as her not see that this was a trap designed by King Dionia and his men, but she was in a state of mind at the moment, neither wanting to expose it nor daring to make a rash decision.

But when she visited the unconscious Mago again, she finally made a decision and agreed to marry the Dionian prince Clotokatax.

The merger of the new southern Iberian colony of Carthage into the Kingdom of Dionia was quickly finalized.

Two days later, when Henepolis saw Okriton who had returned to Lilibi, he directly told him the news that "the people of the southern Iberian colonies voluntarily joined the Kingdom of Dionia" and announced: Since Iberia The colony is no longer within the scope of the negotiation, and the kingdom requires a new negotiation condition, Hadrumentum and its territory belong to Dionia.

The rebellion of the Magonid family shocked Okriton. However, at this time, Carthage was too busy to take care of itself and had no ability to attack Iberia, which was hundreds of miles away. Nepolis protested: Carthage refused to negotiate with Dionia unless Dionia handed over the treasonous Magonides family.

The two sides parted unhappily.

With Hadrumantum's lesson and Ruspina as an example, Tapsos surrendered only on the second day after being besieged.

Alexis let the army rest for a while and then led the army westward.Two days later, they set up camp ten miles away from Addis City.

Alexis did not launch an attack immediately, but let the soldiers build a camp, while sending scout cavalry and mountain reconnaissance teams to investigate the enemy's situation and the surrounding geographical environment in detail.

Samors in the city of Addis felt very nervous when he heard the news of the approaching Dionysian army, and ordered the army not to attack and strengthen defenses.

The two sides faced off until early February.During this period, the Phoenician allies to the west of Carthage successively sent reinforcements, which increased the number of Carthaginian troops guarding Addis to more than 2.

But at the same time, Samos also got bad news: a large Numibian army appeared south of Addis.

Although the Carthaginian Senate also sent many envoys to the tribes in East Numibia, using the relationship established before, promising various benefits, in an attempt to lobby them to remain neutral.However, the tribes of Eastern Numbia have established an alliance with Dionysia, not to mention that at this time, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Carthage has already sunk. How could they let go of this beaten down dog and make Eastern Numbia A great opportunity for people to completely escape Carthage control.

Therefore, the tribes of Eastern Numbia finally gathered more than 15 warriors. They planned to rush to Hadrumentum to join the Dionian army, but Alexis sent a messenger to order them to come directly from the south. March towards the city of Carthage.

At the same time, Alexis moved his camp further west, less than 5 miles away from the city of Addis.

Summers was faced with a difficult choice.Originally, when he heard that the East Numibian army was approaching, in order to avoid being attacked from both sides, he had already started planning: leaving part of the army to garrison Addis, and then quietly leading the main force to the south quickly, and first defeating the large number of troops. But the Eastern Numibians, who were not strong, rushed back and confronted the Dionian army again.

However, the Dionian army suddenly moved their camp to the city of Addis, which meant that the mobilization of the Carthaginian army in the city would be difficult to hide from the eyes of the Dionians. Once the main force of the army went to attack the eastern Numibians, It is likely to be attacked by the Dionians.

While Samos was hesitating, another piece of bad news came: another Dionian army (actually a mixed force composed of part of the Dionian Tenth Legion and the Sicilian fleet infantry, with a number of nearly 1 people) landed on the coast west of Carthage and surrounded the city of Diarrhytos (diarrhytos, a Phoenician city-state, west of Carthage, about 100 miles away, adjacent to Utica), Diarrhytos Si hurriedly sent envoys to Carthage for help, and asked for the transfer of the citizen soldiers who had previously reinforced Carthage.

Samors knew that the Phoenician city-states to the west were empty of troops due to the recruitment of a large number of citizen soldiers, and they might not be able to defend against the siege of the Dionysian army. If Carthage could not rescue in time, the entire west The coast will be as likely to fall as the east, but now there are powerful enemies approaching from both the east and south of Carthage. As Carthage's only powerful army, how can he dare to lead it away.

But it is not a good idea to sit back and do nothing, because the news can only be blocked for a while. After a long time, these Phoenician allied soldiers in the army will know that their mother country has been or may be attacked by Dionia. They would leave the army without hesitation and rush back to their motherland. By then, the army would have lost 1/3 or more of its strength, and the war to defend Carthage would be even more difficult to fight.

Summers finally made up his mind.He rushed back to Carthage, stated to the Senate the dangers the army was currently facing, and proposed that the best way to solve the current predicament was to take advantage of the fact that the citizen soldiers of the Phoenician allies were still there and risk fighting east of the city of Addis. The Dionian army fought a decisive battle, defeated it, and then led the victorious army to defeat the approaching Eastern Numibians. Most of the crises faced by Carthage were relieved, and finally returned to aid the Philippians. Nikki allies.

After some debate, the senators finally agreed to his proposal, as Hanno said: "...Although this is a huge adventure, at least there is a glimmer of hope, which is better than doing nothing and letting the Dionians It would be better to besiege Carthage with a heavy army step by step until it is finally destroyed..."

In order to increase the chances of winning, the Senate carried out emergency mobilization.

When Samors returned to the city of Addis, he brought back another three thousand soldiers, either old or young. Carthage devoted all its strength to the upcoming decisive battle.

Although Addis is not far from Carthage, these unusual 3000 soldiers are not a small number. They will soon be detected by the Dionian scouts and reported to Alexis.

In the early morning of the second day, Alexis, who had just woken up, received another report from the scouts: the Carthaginian army was constantly leaving the city of Addis and marching towards the camp.

The Carthaginian army that had been holding on to Addis suddenly left the city! ... Alexis was not surprised. He continued to wash up carefully according to the previous rhythm, finished breakfast slowly, and put on his armor... After everything was ready, he called Printors and brought him with him. With the escort and 300 West Numibian cavalry, they galloped out of the camp.

After advancing just over three miles to the west, I heard the noise coming from the front and saw thousands of Carthaginian soldiers arranging formations on the flat grass...

Alexis held the reins with both hands, and with a smile on his face, he turned to Printors and said: "It seems that as we expected, the Carthaginians can't wait to come to us for a decisive battle."

"This is obvious. After all, they can only choose this path. Maybe there is still a little hope." Printors stared ahead solemnly and said: "But because of this, Ga, who is already in a desperate situation, The Taiji people will definitely try their best to win this battle. Even if we surpass them in strength, we must not underestimate them. And I believe that even if we win in the end, we will pay a heavy price... Commander, I It is suggested that it is best to avoid a decisive battle with the Carthaginians at this time. In a few days, after Melisander's army has successively captured the Phoenician city-states in the west, the strength of this Carthaginian army will be revealed. It will inevitably be weakened and its morale will be low. When we advance again by then, victory will come more easily."

Alexis fell into deep thought. After a while, he shook his head and said: "Printors, maybe your suggestion is right, but I can't adopt it. We refuse to fight and want to wait for the Phoenicians in Carthage." We will attack after all the Christian soldiers have escaped. But by then the Carthaginian army will face a joint attack between us and the Eastern Numibians. It is very likely that they will give up Addis and directly retreat to the city of Carthage. The city of Carthage is high The wall is thick, the city has a large population, and it occupies a favorable terrain. Even if we add all the fleet infantry of the Fourth Legion and the Numibians and besiege Carthage for several months, we may not be able to capture it."

Speaking of this, Alexis sighed: "Didn't the person in charge of the fleet that came to transport military supplies the day before yesterday say that since the Tenth Army also landed in Africa, the demand for baggage supplies has increased greatly, and they are stocked in Lilibei and Selinus's military ration reserves have been used up, and His Majesty has sent people to notify Catanay and Thurii to urgently prepare a huge amount of military rations... Also, this season, the sea between Sicily and Africa is very windy and rough, and the ships The team has encountered wind and waves many times during the transportation process, and has lost more than 10 ships...

As the war continues, the losses we suffer in Dionia are also increasing.Now we have the opportunity to defeat Carthage's main army in one fell swoop and end the war as soon as possible. Why should we give up!Besides... We have been standing still here for so long. Amyntas and the others have already expressed their opinions. If they avoid this battle again, they will instead wait for the results of the 10th Army to the west. The first, second, and third The proud soldiers of the legion may have to come out to protest, so we must fight this battle! "

After hearing this, Printors felt that it made sense, and immediately said: "Commander, I am your staff officer. It is my duty to give you different suggestions for your reference. Since you have made a decision, , then let’s start preparing for this battle.”

　The Spring Festival is coming soon. I took two weeks off to go home to visit relatives. I will leave tomorrow and return on February 2st. In the meantime, I will take my children to other cities to play. Therefore, updates cannot be guaranteed during this period, so I will only Some of the saved manuscripts will be posted at once, I hope you can understand!I’ll continue updating when my vacation is over!

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